Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Networking & Football

Facebook is generally used for people to share photos, reconnect with lost friends and family, and to interact with friends but C.J. Johnson learned some people are using it for different reasons.  As i was stumbling through yahoo yesterday i came across this article which hits home with me personally.  Johnson is one of the highest recruited players in the country for the 2011 high school football class but recently made the decision to log out of Facebook permanently after coaches from Mississippi State constantly sent him inboxes and wrote on his wall trying to convince him to commit to them.  He says many other schools did the same and claims Facebook has made his recruiting process a 'nightmare'. He published one last status update before he deleted his page:


"This is my last Facebook post and I'm gonna leave facebook with this. Linda Johnson has never worked as a house worker making 100,000 dollars a year and I will not be a Mississippi state bulldog and I'm not considering Mississippi state anymore bc you have constantly comment on my page send me crazy inboxes and has made my recruiting experience a living nightmare. Goodbye facebook."

I went through the recruiting process as well and i cant even imagine signing in to Facebook everyday to just connect with friends but instead to log in to propaganda sent by potential future coaches.  I feel there needs to be a line set by the NCAA regarding Facebook because it could cause recruits, like Johnson, to go for or against a college because of posts made by a coach.  It will be interest3ing to see if in the future the NCAA makes a ruling regarding networking like Facebook and Twitter.

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2 comments:

  1. BrianFebruary 1, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    That's intense; what sort of rules do you think the NCAA should impose? It would seem rather short sighted to ban all communication through social networking but it seems just as ludicrous to imagine some kind of limit on the amount of messages or something along those lines. But it does seem like something they should address, what do you think?

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  2. MJANOFFFebruary 3, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Im not exactly sure but i know recently the professional sport leagues have placed rules on Twitter so the fact of the matter is that they are aware and may take action soon. I dont think there can be any actual ruling seeing how players have the ability to block people but i think if they take action it will be within the year.

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